May 23, 2018 | UHCL Staff
Help maintain the beauty of the University of Houston-Clear Lake campus by volunteering at Habitat Work Days each Tuesday morning from 9-11 a.m. in June. Volunteers meet at UHCL’s Environmental Institute of Houston, located in the North Office Annex I Building, 2700 Bay Area Blvd., Houston. They assist in upkeep, including clearing paths, mulching flower beds, planting native plants, cleaning the pond and other conservation tasks.
For more information, call EIH at 281-283-3950 or email eih@uhcl.edu. To learn more, visit www.uhcl.edu/environmental-institute.
University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Assistant Professor of Art History Sarah Costello will be traveling to Cyprus in July to continue conducting fieldwork as part of the Pastio-Mesorotsos Archaeological Expedition in the Dhiarizos Valley of Cyprus. Her efforts are funded by a faculty research support grant that allows her to continue her work at this unique excavation site cataloguing Neolithic pottery. Costello and a graduate assistant, Brianne Thoen, will travel to Cyprus for a week in July to finalize their work on the dig.
The site is exceptional, Costello said, because it’s been continuously occupied from the Neolithic period to modern times. “The Neolithic period dates back about 10,000 years or 8,000 years before Christ,” Costello said. “There are people living in a village near this site to this day, and that’s unusual in Cyprus for a place to be occupied that long. It’s an opportunity to really see change over time in one place.”
Thoen, who expects to receive her master of arts in humanities in May 2019, will be traveling to this site in Cyprus for the second time this summer. “My interest is in cultural heritage protection, and it’s a really happy coincidence that Dr. Costello is my adviser,” she said. “Because my thesis focuses on community engagement regarding cultural heritage protection, it’s important for me to be able to work with archaeologists and understand how a dig functions. Working with archaeologists will help me do what I want to do even better.”
Anyone planning to take classes at UH-Clear Lake this summer must ensure all payments are received by Thursday, June 7 at 6 p.m. If payment is not received, an additional late fee of $50 will be added to the student account. For more information, contact Student Business Services at sbs@uhcl.edu.
Learn useful study tips to conquer the Graduate Management Admissions Test. This four-session course offered by University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Center for Executive Education covers test-taking strategies as well as all sections of the test, including critical reasoning, analytical writing, problem-solving and data sufficiency.
Regular course fees are $549, but discounts are available for early registration and for UHCL students, faculty, staff and alumni. Classes are scheduled for Saturday, June 2, 9, 16 and 23 from 8 a.m. – 12: 30 p.m. at UHCL, Bay Area Blvd., Houston. For more information, contact 281-283-3120.
